By Folorunso Alagbede, Abuja
The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, has tasked the Federal and State Governments to take immediate and practical steps to protect citizens throughout this yuletide season and beyond.
The party said this on Thursday in Abuja while reacting to the news of an explosion in a mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri, Borno State.
The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, described the explosion as another sad reminder of the rising insecurity that has become.
The party maintained that Nigerians deserve more than empty promises and political rhetoric. It stressed that Nigerians need concrete, actionable security strategies deployed on the ground.
This escalating insecurity, according to the PDP, has become unbearable and must be confronted with the urgency and seriousness it deserves.
The statement reads: “The news of an explosion in a mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri is another sad reminder of the rising insecurity that has become the unfortunate contemporary reality that Nigerians face.
“This is totally unacceptable; the irreducible minimum the government should offer its people is the protection of lives and property.
“This administration has failed woefully in this respect and should rise to the occasion rather than resort to rhetoric and playing politics with security.
“We commiserate with the families of those who have lost their loved ones in this senseless attack.
“No one should lose their life while worshipping God. If these attacks on places of worship continue unchecked, they will not only violate the constitutional right of Nigerians to freely worship but will also create an atmosphere of fear that threatens the very fabric of our religious society.
“We call on the Federal and State Governments to take immediate and practical steps to protect our citizens throughout this yuletide season and beyond. Nigerians deserve more than empty promises and political rhetoric.
“We need concrete, actionable security strategies deployed on the ground.
“This escalating insecurity has become unbearable and must be confronted with the urgency and seriousness it deserves”, it stated.
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